Siloking

Sorghum variety Siloking is a tall agricultural crop intended for use as green feed, silage, and raw material for sugar syrup production. The plant reaches a height of 220–250 cm, has 2–3 erect stems with juicy structure, providing juice yield up to 65% of total biomass. The vegetation period until wax ripeness is 105–115 days, and until full grain maturity — 120–125 days. The grain is large, brown, with 1000-grain weight ranging from 19 to 23 grams, and the husks are dark-brown and weakly hairy. The variety is characterized by high resistance to lodging, shattering, drought, and major diseases, confirmed by a rating of 7 points. Dry matter yield varies from 11.0 to 14.8 tons per hectare, green mass yield — from 55.0 to 76.0 tons per hectare.